Saturday..

I had a busy day Thursday. I drove through the blinding rain to Dr. Boddy's office by 9 am. He said he wants me to get a glucometer (I got a free one from Rite-Aid!!) and take my blood sugar twice a day for 2 weeks, then come back and do another fasting blood test. Then I went to Starbucks and used the gift card my wonderful husband gave me and got a tall soymilk mocha, which was heavenly. Then I sped back to the cardiologist office, where I did a treadmill stress test. They did an ekg while I was resting, then while I was on the treadmill. The speed and incline went up every 3 minutes. My asthma was acting up a bit because of the rain and I had to stop to use my inhaler after only 15 minutes. I was afraid they weren't going to be able to get an accurate reading since I wasn't really exerting myself much, but they said 10 minutes was sufficient. The doctor I had first seen wasn't there, but his associate came in and introduced himself to me, looked at the ekg results briefly and said "Everything looks fine. I don't think Dr. Lourie had great expectations that it was your heart anyway." Then I asked if the echo results were in and he asked the technician/nurse/whatever she was who had done it. She called it up on her computer, looked at it for a few minutes and said "I'm looking at your results right now, and everything looks normal." So, I was glad to hear that, but almost got the feeling they weren't even taking me seriously, like they were expecting not to find anything on the test results of a 30 year old woman who wasn't obese or a smoker, so they didn't bother looking too hard, know what I mean? I could just be reading into this, of course. I am VERY glad that there weren't any glaring things wrong on the tests. I still want to discuss with Dr. Boddy the prolonged qt as it relates to my asthma meds and share more of my history/theories with him from my ridiculously long previous post.

Then I went to Rite Aid where I scored a free glucometer, Quick Trip to get gas, Target, where I found a broom but they didn't have the coffee maker I wanted and got a Vitamin Water (my favorite drink other than water and coffee!!), birthday presents for a niece and nephew, Cash 4 Clothes where I got a fall shirt for me and necklace for my friend Karen, then Value Village where I got a shirt for my mom, and an awesome illustrated dictonary of Star Wars, then BK- where I got a mayo free, onion free Whopper (which I really shouldn't have eaten the whole thing of, but I did), then back to Newnan, to One Roof consignment where I got a bunch of movies for the kids, then I stopped at Espresso Lane and got a small soymilk raspberry mocha, (yes, a TWO mocha day....I am a spoiled brat!), then to Great Clips where I got my hair cut into layers (pics later), then to Target where they also did not have the coffee maker I wanted but did have some really cute shirts for the girls on the clearance racks (I love when they match), then Wal-Mart to see if I could get an eye appt. (no dice), then Kohl's to see if they had any bras on sale (none for me), then to see the wonderful Dr. Poli at Alternacare, who fixed me up so well, and totally made me laugh because during my adjustment, my back cracked like 4x in a row, and he said "Hey, I crack you up!" (I love corny jokes like that) He said to come back in a month or sooner if I felt like I needed it. Then I went to Publix next door, where I *almost* confronted a guy for following me around, but just bought Safflower Oil instead, then went to JC Penney's, where I was sad to see that the running shoes I have been wanting are no longer $39.99 but $49.99 :( Then home, where I was greeted by Claire in a unicorn costume, then hugged and kissed by all and enjoyed a great dinner of "fridge rejects" as Nathan called it, then read to children, sent them to bed and watched the Office and 30 Rock with Nathan, ate lots of popcorn and went to bed.

On an incredibly positive note, I am amazed to report that I really think the apple cidar vinegar is helping my asthma!! This is the fourth day that I have been taking 2+ tbs. of it and last night, in the humidity and rain, with having accidentally skipped my Advair dosage the night before (because I wasn't reminded by my wheezing), I was actually able to take a full, deep breath. This is super unusual for me, especially during a rain storm. I have joked with Nate that I am a natural barometer, I can predict the amount of humidity in the air/chance of thunderstorm by how my lungs feel. This is what landed me in the ER almost every spring I lived in Florida. So, understand the significance of me being able to breathe even BETTER than normal while it is completely humid and raining out. I was astounded. And the only thing I've been doing differently is the acv. Usually if I skip a dosage of Advair accidentally, I feel twice as bad the next day, but I didn't even realize I had until afternoon, when I went out to get the mail and automatically thought "Okay, where's my inhaler, I bet I'll have to use it when I get back in." Then I realized I wasn't even wheezing a tiny bit, and that I had forgotten my Advair the night before. Wow. And I have found that mixing the acv with raw honey in a little glass of apple juice and holding my nose while I drink it goes down a whole lot better than straight 2T acv to 1T honey. I had the nasty dry heaves for about 5 minutes after that first dosage. Blech. I used my Advair again last night, figuring I will try to do it every other night instead of every night.

About the blood sugar thing, I took it yesterday morning and it was 57. Then before lunch it was 97. Dr. Boddy had told me to take it first thing in the morning and one other time during the day, after not eating for a few hours, like before lunch one day, before supper one day, etc. or if I was feeling dizzy or shaky or confused to take it then. So, I have been paying more attention to how I am feeling. And I realized yesterday at about 5 pm as I was staring into the fridge and nothing I was seeing was actually registering in my mind, that I feel that way almost every afternoon. I stood up, I felt dizzy, I held my hand out, it was shaking. And this is absolutely totally normal for me. If I don't plan dinner ahead of time, or have something in the crockpot I go through this miserable routine every day. In the late afternoon, at about the time kids are waking up from naps, I feel really tired. I used to have a little cup of coffee then, but I am trying to cut back, so I don't anymore. I dread having to figure out what to make for dinner, it is so the worst part of my day, (besides getting out of bed in the morning). I just feel like I can't think straight or figure anything out and I don't feel well, now that I actually think about it. I used to think it was just because I do not enjoy cooking in any way, but, I thought, maybe it is a blood sugar thing? Anyway, so yesterday afternoon I was feeling like this and finally realized I could make grilled chicken on salad for supper, so I started making that, then ate an herb biscuit and drank some water. About an hour later I thought to take my blood sugar, but by this time I was feeling much better. I took it anyway, though, and it was 127, which just seems WAY high, at least for what it has been. So, I really don't know!! :P This morning it was 91 and I haven't taken it since. I will be very curious to see if there is a pattern to this or if it really is hypoglycemia. It would really make me happy in a strange way to know that my feeling loopy and not able to concentrate actually had a medical reason, instead of just my own incompetence or "mommy brain." We shall see.

Right now I should be cleaning my house and cooking since Nate's family is coming over for his mom's birthday party tonight. I still need to wrap presents and put decorations up, not to mention scrub the bathroom, clean the kitchen, sweep all the floors, make a cake, take a shower and get ready. Hmmm, maybe I should get off the internet????